Fantastic conversation with Igor Halperin around the application of reinforcement learning into forecasting problem, and the limits to data and understanding the world.
The twin forces rewriting the rules of investing
Portfolios built for the old world will be severely tested as emerging forces rewrite the rules of investing. The Fiduciary Investors Symposium heard that geopolitical and macroeconomic upheaval, together with the disruption wrought by AI, should force asset owners to rethink the structure and composition of portfolios.
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Robert Wallace talks strategy, execution and governance at Stanford
Stanford endowment's CEO Robert Wallace explains the three pillars of his approach to investment: strategy, execution and governance. He was speaking at Norway's NBIM annual investment conference.
Factor rebalancing superior for managing liquidity
Factor rebalancing a portfolio is a better way to manage liquidity and leverage implications of illiquid assets compared to traditional rebalancing to a static asset allocation, according to new research.
How to tip social systems (for the better, of course?)
Positive social tipping points are probably the fastest and most powerful way of addressing the climate crisis but how do we tip a social system? The Thinking Ahead Institute's Time Hodgson investigates.
South Africa’s GEPF prepares the ground for a two pot system
South Africa’s $119 billion Government Employee Pension Fund is in the process of readying its investment processes for a new law that will allow people to draw down some of their retirement income early.
CalPERS mulls tying climate KPIs to incentive pay
CalPERS may tie the incentive pay of its staff to meeting climate KPIs in the near future. The fund's executive pay consultants also discussed other ways the fund should tweak incentive pay like adding an asset class investment performance weighting to the annual incentive formula.
Dutch fund tackles the cost and time of shifting to DC
The clock is ticking for Dutch fund PWRI to transition to a new DC scheme in line with pension reform. Imke Hollander explains why the pension fund is unlikely to invest more in risk assets and flags mounting costs in the transition, particularly in fees paid to advisors.
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